tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57924646698346673952024-02-07T18:43:18.129-06:00The 'Ssippi ScoopSid, Barbie, Bailey, Elissa and Ellie give you the scoop from Mississippi!The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.comBlogger496125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-86645191890959705922014-04-10T20:09:00.006-05:002014-04-10T20:09:52.702-05:00Just A Few Past TimesWhy is it that when the toddlers start coloring they want to color on everything except a piece of paper? My walls have been colored on more times than I would care to count, but the twins have always loved to write. Finally, they have gotten the hang of coloring on what should be colored on. <div>
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Sometimes, bear gets to color, too! Another one of their favorite activities is puzzles. They LOVE puzzles and are very good at them, but if I left the puzzles out with their normal play toys, the puzzle pieces would be everywhere except with the puzzles. They stay put up until I get them out, which I try to do a few times a week. I wish I could find a good storage solution so that they could stay out all the time. They are so tough on toys and just things in general that when I buy books, I generally buy two books. One to tear up and one to have for when they get older. They love to sit and read, have us read to them, and especially enjoy sitting with Bailey to read, but keeping up with their toys is almost impossible. That's one of my biggest pet peeves is that their stuff is everywhere. I know one day it won't be that way and since we don't have a toy room, the living room is the toy room-but you know those things you swear you will never do? Yea, will one of mine was I would never keep toys in my living room. You don't want to see evidence of that backfiring, I assure you!</div>
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Bailey's Mammaw gave her an Easter activity to do this year- the resurrection eggs. We had to start ours early because the suspense of what it was, was killing Bailey. She has really enjoyed looking inside each egg each night, and sometimes we have done two eggs at night. The only one we have left is the Golden Empty Egg. She has already peeked and keeps saying that they forget the thing in that egg. Of course, that egg represents the empty tomb and Risen Savior. </div>
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I will have to admit that as much as she has enjoyed this, it has stressed me out a little. She is 5 1/2 and really only gets about half of what I'm trying to tell her. I was frustrated with the first egg or two we opened because she was more interested in the object than listening to the bible verse and story, but finally I just realized that anything she got out of it was better than nothing and I've tried to be more relaxed about it. There were a few times I even threatened to give them to a little girl who wanted to listen, but last night she decided she wanted to pray and it was just so sweet listening to her and listening to her thank God for all of what she saw as blessings. And of course I had to stop and thank God for MY blessings. </div>
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Speaking of Bailey and Easter, you want to see something precious???</div>
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This was Bailey's second Easter in 2010. Her first Easter, we were at the beach and she was a tiny little thing with breathing problems that we didn't even know existed. This was after that nightmare. It's so bitter sweet to look at pictures likes this because where does the time go??? Although Bailey has been in prek 4 at her local school this year, we have been very relaxed about it. She has missed a few days for fun things and slept in a few days when she could. But next year is the big year-Kindergarten. I can't believe it's already that time.</div>
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And speaking of time...check this out....</div>
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In Mimi's lap at the doctor's office at about 16 days old. I canNOT believe that these tiny little babies have grown into girls that are almost pottied trained and ready for big girl beds. I dropped off their registration forms for prek 3 yesterday. WHAT???? </div>
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Funny how this post has just flowed right along, but speaking of preschool and school (and college), I came across this link today.</div>
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Although we have a good plan for savings for college, this blew me away. Imagine daycare costings more than college, and having three in daycare at one time. That happened to us. </div>
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With a few more weeks left until Summer, we have a busy few months. Bailey's end of the year dance recital is coming up,which means more practices and softball has started. Sid and I have pretty much kept a low profile the past year or so, with the twins having an early bedtime and us just trying to survive- but life is happening!!!!</div>
The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-40209608070001047552014-04-06T20:19:00.000-05:002014-04-06T20:33:33.887-05:00My Princesses Meet THE PrincessesWhen the twins were babies, Mickey and his pals visited town and Bailey loved it. It was a great little adventure.<br />
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PS- Now I remember another reason I don't blog. This took over an hour, almost an hour and a half. I didn't have the right browser, etc. etc. etc. Maybe it's good to go now, but in case you missed my come back, read down a post!!! <br />
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I hope everyone stays safe in the storms and Lord PLEASE don't let the power go out. My baby girls hate the thunder and they love their sound machine that drowns it out!<br />
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<span id="goog_692109080"></span><span id="goog_692109081"><br /></span>The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-14528201718465222612014-04-06T20:00:00.000-05:002014-04-06T20:00:21.027-05:00The Ole Blog Just Ain't What It Used To BeSo, SO many times over the past almost two years, I've thought to myself how desperately I needed to get back to blogging. Then there have been so many times that I've referenced this blog in finding pictures, dates, etc. and that really made me feel guilty about not blogging the past almost two years. <br />
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But life is SO full right now. And most nights, when I finally get to sit down, and blogging crosses my mind, I'm so exhausted that getting the computer out feels like the most daunting of tasks. So I go another day and here we are- almost two years later.<br />
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I blame it on facebook and the ipad (and the camera on the iphone). They have made me lazy.<br />
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But there is SO much floating around in my head for blog material and I owe to my girls and myself to keep this little journal of sorts. I usually print a book each December and it's so easy to use the blog and pictures to make it month by month. This past December I couldn't even get one because I had no good pictures with my good camera to do anything with.<br />
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However, my girls are getting bigger. We are hitting the fast lane, so it seems and I don't want to forget. <br />
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SOOOOO, I'm bbbbbaaaacckkkkk! Hope you all enjoy catching up!The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-39223483406692323042012-08-12T20:15:00.002-05:002012-08-12T20:15:46.206-05:00We Tried a 1 Year Old Photo ShootIt was a fail! A big fat fail!! But ARE cute little bitty one year old's if I do say so myself. <br />
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The problem might have been #1 - a dog they could finally get to, and #2 cows mooing at the them, and mooing up close! Oh well!<br />
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<br />The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-27668670729404877222012-08-12T14:47:00.003-05:002012-08-12T14:47:31.015-05:00Elissa and Ellie's First YearOn this day, a whole year ago, right at the moment I am typing this, we brought not one, but two perfect, healthy, happy baby girls into this world. And our lives were forever changed. <br />
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We celebrated yesterday with a "Sugar and Spice and Everything TWICE" party with our family. Today we went to Sunday School, church, and out to eat Mexican. <br />
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I will post pictures of the birthday party later, as I've got to do a better job at keeping up with the blog. But this is one thing I wanted to do for the party and just never got around to doing it. Some of these pictures were taken with the iphone and their quality may not be very good.<br />
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Here we go: The year in pictures!<br />
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Minutes old, in the delivery room. Ellie on the L, Elisa on the R. I have laughed and cried at the comments on this picture after it was posted on face book. I'm happy to report that Ellie has lived up to her expectations based on this picture!<br />
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1 week old, their first time to be back together. This was still in the NICU. Sid and I were afraid to ask to hold them together. When Mimi got back to town, at 1 week old, she got the job done!</div>
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2 weeks old, HOME AT LAST!!! This was right as we got home, at two weeks old, waiting on big sister to get home.<br />
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3 weeks old, stretched out in Poppy T's lap.<br />
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8 weeks old, first trip to Mimi's house for Uncle Chris and Aunt Erica's wedding.</div>
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4 months old! Christmas time!!!!<br />
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6 months old! Looks like they grew by leaps on bounds in just one month!<br />
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This past week, as I have reflected on my last week pregnant with them a year ago, to giving birth to them, to spending 15 days away from home in the NICU, to the way of life we had to adjust to when we finally brought them home, to where we are now, I have just been overwhelmed. There were many times over the past year that I wasn't sure we'd make it out of the moment. But we did and here we are!</div>
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These babies bring joy and happiness to our lives that we never knew existed. These babies made Sid and me "parents of multiples". It's a phrase you just can't comprehend unless you've lived it. But we are so thankful for the year we've had with them and we look forward to many more. </div>
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Elissa Marie - she's a joy to everyone who comes around her. She has a mouth full of teeth and a smile that people cannot ignore. She loves patty cake and loves to hear music so she can dance. She sucks her paci upside down and uses her hair as a napkin when she's eating. Everyone needs a baby like Elissa.</div>
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Ellie Jane- She's a feisty little thing. She waves bye to everyone no matter if they are coming or going. She walks all over the place and although she has no teeth, she can put the food away. She loves baby dolls and stuffed animals, as well as cell phones. She will walk all over this house with them tucked under her arm, waving and saying bye!!</div>
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When I found out I was pregnant with twins, I wondered how I could love two babies at one time, when there was already a much loved baby in the house. How was I going to love each of my 3 girls enough or in the way that it would impact their lives. When they were born, 1 minute apart, that wonder went out the door and in flooded a love so deep, there has never been a question at how they would be loved again. Elissa and Ellie, we thank God for each of you daily and we are so thankful that we get to call you both our's. We love you both so much and we can't wait for another year with you both.</div>
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Happy Birthday Sweet Sisters!!!!</div>
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I had some major dental work done today and it's been a pretty sad 24 hours around our house so I'm not really in the mood to type much but I didn't want these pictures to get lost in the shuffle. (I don't want to say too much and get too personal, but if you aren't local, Bailey lost a classmate yesterday in a terrible accident. Even if you pray for unspoken needs, please just pray!)<br />
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I'll update more later about our what's going on at 10 months!</div>The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-16249833854899779212012-06-03T21:24:00.000-05:002012-06-03T21:25:12.237-05:00It Doesn't Always Cross My MindSid and I have been on vacation the past few days to Biloxi and while I had some time in the sun, I thought back on how far this household has come. And I remembered that we were on the anniversary of Bailey's airway surgery. If you are new to our story, you can start reading about it <a href="http://ssippiscoop.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html">HERE!!!</a> This takes you back to May of 2009, but you may even want to back up to April, 2009. <br />
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I either haven't had time or I haven't allowed myself to think about it this go around, but let me tell you something - I am SOOO very thankful for the life, the healthy life, of this sweet girl. Oh yes, she deals us fits, but we love her soooo much and my heart aches when I think about what she went through those first few months of her life. </div>
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As I was looking back, I realized that today, June 3rd, is the anniversary of the visit to Dr. Carron post-op where he told us not to come back for a few months unless we needed something. You can read <a href="http://ssippiscoop.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-now-for-rest-of-story.html">HERE</a> for more of the journal of the day to day happenings with her during this period. </div>
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Because we always met the kindest people and because we always had the support of our families, but mostly because we ALWAYS walked away from our stays and visits to Children's thankful for not only that, but also thankful that we were dealing with something fixable, I encourage you to please pray for the children at Baston Children's Hospital (or any other hospital) and their parents/families. You never know when it might be you and you never know what those families are facing. We are very lucky in the state of Mississippi to have Baston Children's Hospital and their doctors. </div>
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There is not a day that goes by that I'm not thankful for Bailey and indebted to Dr. Carron and his team. I love you sweet girl!!!!</div>
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I haven't read the latest Time magazine article, as seen above, (borrowed from <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/14/health/are-you-mom-enough-mothers-react-to-times-breast-feeding-cover/">here)</a> but just the picture makes me wonder what in the world makes some moms tick. This post could get pretty personal and that's ok, it's my blog. Don't read if you don't want to. </div>
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I didn't breast feed my babies. Or wear them. I let them have paci's. I let them sleep on their tummy's and have blankets way before I should have. I feed them jarred baby feed. I sometimes let my 3 year old carry the smaller baby around the house if supervised. Speaking of my 3 year old, she goes to daycare. I work outside the home. Someone other myself or my husband spends more time with our children through the week than we do. We don't go on play dates. I took their bottle away at 12 months and I let them keep their paci's way longer than I probably should. I vaccinate! My 3 year old drinks coke! And eats candy!! She sometimes get spanking when she can't follow directions. </div>
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Am I mom enough? Do these things make me a bad mom or a mom that doesn't love her children as much as the mom seen in that picture does? I don't know, because I haven't read the article. But I can tell you that when I see things like that, I cringe. I just can't wrap my head around what exactly the point of that is. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that <strong><em>those </em></strong>mom's have to think they are doing way better by their children than those of us who do like I've done. </div>
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**My first daughter was a very sick new born. She had feeding issues and it was a nightmare getting her to take a bottle. I pumped and she did get some breast milk, for maybe the first 6 weeks of life, and then we switched to formula. The breast feeding lady at the hospital who brought me the pump so I could start pumping filled my head full of facts regarding breast milk, such as babies who get breast milk have higher IQ's, better immune systems, blah blah blah! Really?? Because I don't get that. Yeah, I was a breast fed baby for a little bit, and I don't consider myself dumb because I might have gotten some formula. And my formula fed 1st born is one of the smartest children I know. </div>
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**The twins were early and in the NICU for about 2 weeks. I lived in a hotel room and spent my days at the hospital, away from my husband some nights and my first born every night. When we got home, I was stressed beyond words. My milk never came in. Would a better alternative to formula for them have been nothing? Because that's what my body offered up- NOTHING!!! </div>
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I saw a picture posted to someone's facebook wall last week that was a picture of a baby with a bar code on it's booty. It read: your baby doesn't come with a bar code, so why should it's food!! For real!! I get sick at my stomach.</div>
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**I have a 3 year old and two 9 month old babies. I work full time as a high school teacher. My husband works full time. We do our best. Making baby food is something I just don't have the time for right now. I don't think any of my children are any worse for the wear when it comes to jarred baby food. So, who cares if my baby didn't come with a bar code, their food DOES and I don't feel one bit bad about it. I don't feel like I am jipping them of a food experience by feeding them Beech Nut/Green Giant brand sweet peas vs. a can of sweet peas I pour into my food processor and grind up with some water. I just don't get that. </div>
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And here's the last fact: I don't think that I am any better, any smarter, any more whatever than a mom who chooses to do what that picture shows. Than a mom who chooses to breast feed. Than a mom who stays home and teaches her children big words all day long and goes on play dates. Than a mom who bakes a sweet potato and mashes it up with water for her baby instead of using a jar of sweet potatoes. Than a mom who doesn't believe in paci's, or takes them away at 6 months. </div>
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No, I'm not any better. Because I love my children unconditionally. I do the best job I know how to do to get through the day. I get up every morning and go to work so that, together, my husband and I can provide the very best that we can for our family. I make sure I stay in touch with what my 3 year old is doing at daycare or my nanny is doing at home with the twins. My children are comforted when they are sick or hurt. They are rocked when they are up all night and can't sleep. They are provided for as best we know how.</div>
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So take <strong><em>THAT</em></strong> Time magazine!!! I do believe that I'm mom enough!!!!!</div>
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Edited to add: I was reading some news on Yahoo! and found <a href="http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/50-shades-mom-50-things-every-kid-needs-193100425.html">THIS ARTICLE</a> titled "50 Shades of Mom: 50 Things Every Kid Needs to Hear". It says exactly what I meant to say. Speaking of 50 Shades and mommy porn, if you haven't read the <u>50 Shades of Grey</u> trilology, get to reading!!! You are missing out on a great, and ummmmmm......interesting read. I, myself, had to google what some of what I was reading meant. lol!! Never the less, it's a great story line!</div>
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<br /></div>The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-47094602368006358082012-05-13T20:11:00.000-05:002012-05-13T20:11:59.782-05:009 Months OldFor real????? How in the world did Sid and I get two 9 month old babies??? I mean, the time is just flying by and it makes me sad, yet oh so excited. Sad, because I know there will...hold up, I'm not saying NEVER be more babies in this house again because we all know where that got me last time, but I know that Sid and I will never grow and birth a baby of our own again. There might be a baby in this house again, but it won't be because we had one of our own. haha! It makes me so excited to think about our future with these girls and how much fun we will have as they get older and easier. <br />
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I'm happy to report that Elissa and Ellie are doing great and are so much easier now than they were at around their 6 month birthday. <br />
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At 9 months old, this is what goes on in our world:<br />
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Elissa, forever my Baby A, weighs about 25lbs., although she won't technically have her official weight until this week. She wears size 4 diapers and will probably move to size 5 soon. She wears anywhere from a 12-24 month, depending on what it is. She can roll all over the place and can get from the sitting up position to the crawling position. She looks like she is going to get up and walk in her attempt to crawl, but as of now, she does not crawl. She eats fruit for breakfast, veggies and fruit for lunch, and some kind of baby food "meal" for supper with a fruit and yogurt. Oh how they love yogurt. She takes about four bottles a day. She can feed herself small finger foods, but so far, we just mainly stick to baby foods and then a pinch of whatever we are eating. She can put some puffs away though. Elissa loves to patty-cake and shakes her head no-no at you. She talks up a storm saying dada, mama, bye bye, and then just squealing and jabbering. <br />
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Both babies love love love to see their big sister enter the room. The "yell" at her and clap and jump up and down. Neither of them can get enough of her. They better be glad we are around, because Bailey could be a little rough with them if not supervised. haha!<br />
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Ellie, my forever Baby B, weighs about 16llbs, but again the official weight won't come until later this week. She just now this week moved to size 3 diapers. She wears anywhere from a few 3-6 months to 12 months. Ellie is very mobile. She can go wherever she wants to go. She crawls all over this house and is pulling to stand. Every now and then, she lets go and looks like she is getting ready to take a step, but then falls and crawls off. Giving her a bath has become quite the challenge because she stands up the entire time. LOL! She eats just like her sister does, sometimes more! She takes 4 bottles a day too, but getting all of them in is a challenge because she would rather be on the go. Ellie also loves puff. She loves to hear me sing patty cake and will dance dance dance! But she cannot (or will not) clap her hands like Elissa does. Ellie jabbers all day long and just now started saying dada and mama, but she doesn't "talk" near as much like Ellie does. I get tickled at her because she will just laugh and laugh at herself like she's proud of something she is doing.<br />
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Both babies had been sleeping 12+ hours at night, going straight to bed and not waking up at all, except for maybe the paci. In the past few days, Ellie has had a hard time at night, but I'm not sure why. I've had to just let her cry some and eventually she gets in deep enough sleep that she doesn't wake up anymore. I have enjoyed my sleep so I hope they don't regress in that area. I've read that around 9 months, there is a sleep regression, but I'm hoping we don't go there!<br />
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I have 8 days of school left and I am so looking forward to the summer with my 3 girls. I think I'm going to have the nanny come about 3 days a week and take Bailey to the water park one day and maybe take the babies, one on one, swimming at Kylie's mom and dad's, then have a day to myself for errands. Sid and I are planning a small vacation to get away, just the 2 of this and I hope to be able to see my Alabama crew at some point. <br />
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And last but not least, I need to mention that today is Mother's Day. I did not get to see my mom and we really didn't spend much time with Sids' mom today,either. (She gave me the day off and Si and I went to eat and did a little shopping!) But neither of us would be in the world without our Mom's and neither of us would be able to BE in this world without them, either. I owe everything I am everything I have to my mom - for not killing me and my sassy mouth growing up, and for just being there. Sid's mom helps us out so much- so much more than I could ever write on this page. We are so blessed. Then of course, there are my girls. Bailey- who made me a mom and Ellie and Elissa- who made a statistic, a mom of multiples! haha! I really can't write a whole lot about them because I just get so emotional. It's just so unreal how blessed we are with 3 perfectly fine, healthy, sweet, smart, growing girls! <br />
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What I will say is that I am not and could not be the mom I am without the driving force behind me- Sid! In this house, we have to be a team. I know in most houses, husbands and wives are a team. But unless you parent two babies at one time, youl'll just have to take my word for it. He gets it! He gets what life is like in this house when no one else does and he gets what we have both given up to be a mom and dad to these 3 girls. Sid is my reason for getting up the morning and my reason for coming home at night and he makes being a Mom to my three girls so worth it. I look at my babies and am I just in awe of what we have!<br />
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With that being said, Happy Mother's Day and Happy 9 Months to my babies. And now for what you really stopped by for: PICTURES!!!! I took this in the direct sunlight, which was dumb, but I thought some of the faces they were making were too funny! Ellie and her toothless grin (she still has zero teeth at 9 months old). She looks like an old lady! And sweet Elissa (with her four teeth)!<br />
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So, welcome to my blog and for those of you who do not know: here is our story!<br />
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Sid and I met in 2007, right around this time of year, we got engaged a few months later in August of 2007, and were married a few months after that in October of 2007. We lived in an old rent house and Sid would not even let me talk about trying to have a baby as long as we lived there. In February, 2008, we bought our house and talk began. In April, 2008 I started charting my basal temp and in May, 2008 we had our first positive home pregnancy test. That positive test brought us Bailey in December, 2008!<br />
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As most of you know, she was a sick little thing and spent much of her first year of life in the hospital and had to have a major surgery on her airway. Once we got her settled, we decided we really didn't want anymore children. She was perfectly healthy and we were happy as could be in our little family of 3. <br />
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I always dread telling this next part because I know there are MANY people out there who struggle and MANY God-fearing couples who long to have what came so easily to us. Trust me, we don't take it for granted, but I kid you not when I say we were done. Both of us would tell you if you asked that there would be no more and both of us truly felt that way. So, on January 28, 2011, when I took a home pregnancy test and it turned positive, we were shocked and if the truth be told, probably a little upset. So, you can imagine our shock to find out on February 1, 2011, that we were indeed 5 weeks pregnant with not one, but two babies who already had detectable heartbeats! <br />
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Since I'm being honest, I will tell you that the news was such a shock to me that I walked around in a daze for a few months. I just could not picture in my head what two more babies was going to be like on top of having Bailey. I still probably couldn't put into words what it's like.<br />
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We found out in April, 2011 that both Baby A and Baby B were girls and THAT was something else that was a shock. I never in all my life would have guessed that I, of all people, would be a mom to 3 girls, two of which were twins.<br />
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I had very uneventful pregnancy. I felt good, I had lots of help, I wanted healthy things to eat, and was never sick. This was total contrast to my pregnancy with Bailey. Night and Day! But this was an answered prayer because with Bailey, I was sick just about the whole time and had blood pressure problems, on top of other stuff like carpel tunnel and restless legs. It was terrible.<br />
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On August 11, 2011, Sid and I went out to eat and to the casino to see the Chicago concert. On Friday, August 12, 2011, we dropped Bailey off at daycare and headed for my weekly appointment at 33 weeks gestation. It was dead-dog summer in Mississippi, my feet were starting to swell, sleep had gone away and I was struggling to breathe, but I still felt good. Apparently, the doctor did not like what he saw, because he took one look at me and announced it was time. <br />
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Ya'll, when I say I flipped out, I mean I started crying so hard that I could not even talk. I could not call my parents - I had to email my dad. It was terrible. Most people check into the hospital and are happy to be having their baby. Not me, I remember standing at the L&D desk and the lady just looking at my like I had three heads. I was just beside myself because I knew it was too early and I could not bear the thought of my tiny babies being the NICU like Bailey had been, and being on all those machines. It was terrible. The neonatologist came in and he was really reassuring, but I was so disappointed in myself for not being able to make it a few more weeks in order to just be able to bring the girls directly home from the hospital. <br />
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Baby A, Elissa Marie, and Baby B, Ellie Jane, were born at 33 weeks gestation. But I'll leave the birth part for next week, as I think that's what next weeks topic is. <br />
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I will end this post by saying we become POMs (parents of multiples) only by the grace of God. Only because God saw it fit that Sid and I were worthy of being called Mom and Dad by two more of his angles. There is nothing in world like growing and birthing TWO perfectly healthy happy babies. All babies are miracles, but how special am I that I got TWO of His miracles at one time. Like I said, I know there are millions of couples out there who would literally die to have our luck and I don't take that for granted. I try to remember on a daily basis how fortunate we are and how much we are loved by the King to be His keepers of these beautiful souls. It is not lost on me what we have. But I do feel we have a simple story on how we got to be parents to twin baby girls. It's just so ironic because we were DONE, and I mean that with all sense of the word, but the Good Lord had other plans and clearly we were not done. I look forward to sharing our journey with you and hearing your stories and hopefully learning how to be a better mom to my girls!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and sorry there are no pictures. I'll do better next post, promise!!!The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-48515456927777464682012-04-23T19:56:00.002-05:002012-04-23T19:56:52.578-05:00Count Your Many Blessings, Count Them One by One! I shall count my blessings! We had an awesome weekend! Friday night, Sid took Bailey and Colin to the rodeo and I stayed home with the twins. They have become ly so much easier at night going to bed that we've recently gotten bedtime down to a one man show, not two or three. Sid and the kids didn't get home until a little after 10 and I kid you not, 4 children slept peacefully all night long in this house! BLISS....and a blessing! <br />
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Saturday was Ham Jam and we went even though it was freezing cold. The babies really enjoyed riding around town in their City Mini and we had a great time. The babies took a great nap when we got home and Sid and I rested for date night. Blessing #2 of the weekend. <br />
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Blessings #3 and #4 come in the form of Nene and Amy. Nene kept the twins here at home and spent the night with us so that we could go out and enjoy ourselves without coming home and worrying about having to get up with the girls and to buy us an extra hour or so of morning sleep. Amy took Bailey home with her for the night after Ham Jam. Nene was able to get the girls to sleep all on her own. I know this sounds strange to ya'll but I cannot tell you had stressful bedtime had been around her before we made the transition to how we do it now. So, the twins going down easily for her.....blessing #5.<br />
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Sid and I had dinner and went ot the the Lynyrd Skynyrd concert. It was alot of fun, except that I dropped my driver's liscense and had to search for it during Sweet Home Alabama. Yeah, not so fun! <br />
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Sunday morning we went to church with Amy since she had Bailey and I knew they would be going. We had lunch at Nene's, spent some time with the family, came home, fed babies and put everyone to bed. Blessing #6, Ellie slept all night with no crying and Elissa only cried for her paci twice. Basically, 8 to 9 hours of straight sleep Sunday night, too! <br />
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Today was the first day in weeks I haven't had to struggle to stay awake on my drive home.<br />
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Blessings # 7, 8, 9, and 10 are these sweet angels:<br />
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They still aren't sleeping through the night, but I will have to say that the past week we have seen a little improvement. We got baby swings as a gift when they were born and Sid put those up a few days ago. They seem to do a little better sleeping the first part of the night when we do something outside just before bedtime, so lately that has been swinging. Used to, bedtime was a 2 man show, sometimes more depending on Bailey's attitude. Just recently, I've been able to get them down with no extra help. They don't eat at the same time any other time of the day except that bedtime bottle and when they were newborns, whoever didn't get fed just screamed. I couldn't stand that, so we got into the habit of having 2 people at bedtime and them getting fed at the same time. This was fine except it meant that if Sid or I was gone from home at bedtime, then somebody had to come help. We also couldn't have a sitter over b/c one person couldn't do it. So just the thought of only one person doing bedtime feels like pure freedom.<br />
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(I tried to take some pictures today but they were not having them. I didn't even edit these, but i thought I would post them for a good laugh!) (I didn't intend on the road being in the background, I do know better than that, but I stepped in ant bed where I wanted them to sit so that was out and Elissa would not sit down until we turned her this was because she appeared to be trying to catch the wind in her mouth! haha!)<br />
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I think I said "say happy birthday to Mason" because we were headed to his party! Bailey was really excited to say it! Apparently, that's probably too long of a phrase to say when getting one's picture taken!<br />
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Trying to hold them up!<br />
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I think it was grass..........<br />
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Whoops! Somebody put her back.....<br />
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But it didn't work.......<br />
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We have tried to start solids, or at least move up the level 3 foods because i feel like they eat the same things over and over again with the stage 2 stuff. But Elissa ha 3 teeth, one on top and two on bottle and Ellie has none, so they really don't get into real food as much as I had hoped. They don't finger feed themselves as well as they should to get total nutrition from real food so I have to mash up whatever it is good enough to spoon feed and when you do that, you might as well just use stage 2. They also don't drink from a cup like I think they should at 8 months old either. We have tried a few different kinds, but I think the problem is they don't get to sit and practice as much as Bailey did because once you get 2 babies fed, it's time to move on. We have tried and like yogurt and bananas. Also things like crackers and bread, which we give them nibbles of if we are eating out. I made scrambled egg yolks Saturday morning and Elissa's mouth broke out so I had to stop. I also gave them small bits of real green beans and Ellie had a hard time with them. So for now, we will stick with the stage 2, while practicing on the real stuff. </div>
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They have both moved up a size in diapers again, Ellie to 3 and Elissa to a bigger style of 4. It won't be long until she moves to 5's which I think is funny because Bailey was wearing 5's when she was 3 and started to be potty trained. Elissa is just a stocky thing. Ellie eats more then Elissa does though!</div>
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They both take a pretty good morning nap and usually take a good short afternoon nap. Sometimes they skip the afternoon nap and then are very sleepy before bedtime. We try to keep them up until at least 6, but most of the time 6:30 or 7. We have had to do some cry it out with Ellie to break her from waking every 2 or 3 hours at night. It has worked a little but we still have some issues to get through. They wake up about 6 each morning, but stay in the bed until about 7, sleeping on and off.</div>
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Ellie is crawling all over the place and can sit from a crawl and get into the crawling position from sitting. She is starting to pull up on furniture and in her bed. I'm not ready for that! Elissa sits really good with no help, and loves to sit and play, but she is no where interested in moving her body from one place to the next. Ellie does some squealing and movements to communicate with you, but Elissa has the whole baby talk thing down. She can say "mamamamama" and 'byebyebyebyebyebye". She has started to say "daddddaddadddad". </div>
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It seems like it is getting easier and easier to get them out of the house now that they are on a the same schedule every day. We don't get them out much through the week because by the time we get home from work, get them fed, play outside, get baths and get ready for bed - it's bed time! But on the weekends, we try to get them out. They love to ride in their big girl seats and their big girl stroller. They don't cry very much and are generally happy babies, so that helps to want to get them out.</div>
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We haven't had any trips to the doctor lately, everybody seems to be doing good! We go back in May for their 9 month appointments. I don't really know what they weigh right now, but I would say Elissa is still at least 6-7 pound bigger then Ellie. It's so funny what people have to say about them and their size. </div>
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Only about 6 more weeks and we will be out for the summer! I cannot wait to have fun all summer long with my 3 princesses!</div>The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-31246328536543679302012-04-10T21:07:00.001-05:002012-04-10T21:07:42.914-05:00Easter 2012So, it seems I forgot to blog the past few weeks. Not really! By the time I get 3 babies fed, bathed, fed again and in the bed asleep, it's time to lay down myself. Sid and I went to see The Hunger Games when it came out and I've been reading those, too! I have the Kindle app on my phone and I really enjoy reading that way. If I thought I'd use it more I'd buy a Kindle Fire. Anyway, the twins haven't been sleeping very good and so overall, at night, I'm tired! <br />
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But we have been here and we have been very busy! I won't bore you with what all we've been doing, but I am going to share Easter activities. I was off work Friday and Monday. I was dreading being at home Friday because daycare was closed. I know that sounds bad, but Bailey still has not quite gotten the hang of having these babies around and sometimes she makes for very long days when we are stuck at home and Daddy is at work. She just thinks it's her job and her's alone to tend to babies and we usually end up with crying babies and a mad Bailey. So, it's easier to keep them separated as much as possible for the time being, especially in the afternoon after school when she is extra hunger and sleepy. So anyway, Nene came up with this idea to take her to Kidsfest, a kid's festival in Jackson. I didn't really want to go because I didn't want to be away from the twins that long on an off day, but knew it would be good for Bailey so I went. And we had a great time! <br />
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***Let me stop right here and give a little PSA: There happens to be a law in Mississippi called "The Move-over Law" and it states a driver must get over if they see emergency vehicles with their lights on parked on the shoulder of the road OR the driver will slow down below the speed limit and prepare to stop if they cannot get over in the other lane as they near the emergency vehicles. Well Nene was driving on the left lane and we clearly saw the HP on the side of the road with his lights on. We commented on how many we had seen out that morning and I even put my seat belt on. As we came near the officer, he started vigorously pointing for Nene to do something. She had slowed down and had her blinker on to get over, but a car was passing her. When we saw him pointing, we became distracted about anything else going on other than whatever hand gestures the officer was making. As we go closer, it appeared that the officer was telling her to "get over." She got over as she passed him, but when we looked back, he was jumping in his car and on his way to pull her over. Neither of us was aware there was such a law, but I have a HUGE problem with the law. It is an either/or law, not a concrete black and white type of thing. The officer gave Nene a ticket for being in violation of the law and he was rather rude, telling us that he had a wife and children he wanted to get home and see and did not want to be run over and killed while on the job. Thankfully, neither of us set out to run over and harm a police officer that day. I mean, DUH!!!. But really, I don't see how he can give her that ticket because she COULD NOT get over until the other car passed her, but she DID slow down and put her blinker on and everything. The officer did not cite her for speeding, so this would lead one to believe he didn't have a problem with her speed, rather just the fact that she didn't get over. But the law allows for driver judgement and she judged that she COULD NOT get over, but DID slow down and watch carefully. I was furious but I think she was and probably still is sick over it. We read the fine could be anywhere from $250-$300 and that is crazy! So, the moral of the story is, abide by the "move-over law", but don't worry about not being able to get over! JUST GET OVER!!!!<br />
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This was just getting there. We were late (due to the dumb HP) and didn't get to hunt Easter Eggs, but she insisted on getting her basket it. It later made it's way back to the car. <br />
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Riding the golf cart limo to get from parking to the festival.<br />
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First on the list, watching the sea lion splash exhibit.<br />
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She didn't quite know what to think.<br />
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Next on the agenda, pony rides. This event ended up on the agenda more than one time. She LOVES horses and so this was right up her alley. Mammaw, on the other hand, got the pleasure of walking with her in the arena, where the ponies were pooping!!! Glad Bay wanted her Mammaw on that one. haha!<br />
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Then they had several big lawn mowers, tractors, and dumb trucks set up for the children to climb on. Bailey was especially fond of doing this because she gets to ride with her pappaw sometimes.<br />
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What's this? Mama on the other side of the camera! Me and my girl!!!!<br />
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The camera went back to the car after that picture, but we rode the ponies again, rode the carousel twice, watched the dog show, and visited with Dora and the Easter Bunny. I really hate it that I didn't have my camera for that but I did snap them with my phone camera. Bailey really enjoyed the day and I'm so glad we got to go for her sake. I told her before we were leaving the festival to tell Mammaw thanks for bringing us, but she waited until right when we were pulling up at home, after she quietly said "thanks for taking us mammaw" and it was so sweet!<br />
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Saturday, we had a big day. Mammie's assisted living place had a family Easter Egg Hunt. This is a picture of 7 of Mammie's 10 great grand children. You see those 2 yahoo's in the background? No telling what those 2 are plotting, but when it happens, I have my proof that they collaborated! haha!<br />
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Trouble, trouble, trouble, and I'm afraid my child is the ring leader! Mason, with the tip of his hat showing, Levi, Bailey and Colin.<br />
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She held on to that basket this weekend as if she carried gold in it. Of course, to her candy is gold!<br />
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This was all of the kids that came to the Easter Egg Hunt. I always say when I grow up I want to live at Atwood with Mammie. Look at this view. Who wouldn't want to go out the back door and see this? They always have fun holiday events for the family and it's just all in all a great place to be, if you have to be somewhere other than home.<br />
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Sweet Elissa, always checking stuff out!<br />
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We walked down to the pond when it was over to feed the fish.<br />
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I wanted to try and get the twins picture since they were dressed up, but we put them down where a few Easter baskets, probably their big sister's, were spilled. All they did was dig for it and try to pick it up. I did get a glance out of Elissa, but Ellie just wasn't going to give it up. <br />
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Something must have caught her attention.<br />
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Could those head be any different????<br />
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Trying sooooo hard to pick it up!<br />
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After the Easter Egg Hunt, we went to Charlotte's so the kids could die Easter Eggs. They usually do this at Easter lunch at Mammie's, but we didn't have it this year. <br />
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And finally, Easter morning. This is the best I could get out of Bailey. But this is a sweet picture. I swear his mark is on every single one of these girls! <br />
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My Easter Bunnies! I bought these outfits specifically for Easter last year after we found out what the twins were. As I was ironing them Saturday night, I could not believe that time had already passed so that it was time for them to wear them. Of course, I bought the same size for the twins, 12 months so they could wear it through the summer, but Elissa just fit in her's. Ellie's wasn't so big she couldn't wear it, but she has a way to go to actually grow in to it. Same goes for the pink and lime outfits above. They both can wear them, but one fits just right and one is a little big. <br />
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And that was it!!! Picture time over! Church was right in the middle of their morning nap and they were all 3 melting down right before we went out to take these. I told Sid how much of a disaster this was likely to be, with all 3 girls needing a nap right at go time. However, the devil was just trying to get me on this Easter morning and we went on to have one of the best days we have as a family of 5 yet. We visited Sid's cousin Amy's church, with her whole side of the family there. They had lots of singing and then lots of activities for the kids plus lunch. I don't think I've ever been more proud to call these 4 people my family. I love them all so much and I ask myself daily was I ever did to deserve such goodness. <br />
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One more thing! This number, 157, that's what I had to make on my test I took to become certified to teach 7-12 English classes. Most you probably know I am teaching out of field right now. I took the test March 10th and I came out saying that was hands down one of the hardest things I've ever done. It was a long test, 120 questions to be read, comprehended, analyzed, etc. in 120 minutes. With 40 minutes left on the test, I had about 50 questions left to answer. I sort of panicked, but then picked my pace back up. But I still had to mark at least 20-30 items just to get an answer for each one. I told myself I'd have a different strategy for the next time I took the test. I knew the material about as well as I was going to know it, but just needed to pace myself better. The scores were to be reported online April 3rd, but on March 30th I thought I'd just check. Well, the website informed me that I could call the automated line and for $30 receive my score right then and there. Of course, Sid tried every way possible to discourage me from spending that $30, but I did not want to wait 5 more days knowing the score was there. It took forever to get my info entered and enter my credit card number. All the while, I was telling myself "just shoot for 145 and above. If you get at least 145, you have a good chance of getting 12 more points and passing the test next time. As the computer began to read out my score, I heard "one-sixty" and my heart stopped. 167!!!!!! Ya'll I was, still am shocked!!! But I passed that baby and am now certified to teach 7-12 language arts and reading. I could not be more proud of myself and especially since I actually enjoy what I'm doing right now. I never thought I'd see the day I was happy to do something besides special education, but it's been a nice change and obviously a good change!</div>The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-48815360067072622492012-03-22T20:45:00.000-05:002012-03-22T20:45:26.320-05:00Because I think About My MiraclesMy perspective on life has changed tremedously in the past 7 months. You don't grow and give birth to 2 perfectly healthy babies and endure what Sid and I have endured and not be a changed person. I cannot listen to songs or go to church with bawling because at those time, I'm especially in the frame of mind to meditate on just how good God has been to me and my little family, not just in the aspect of the twins, but in a lot of different ways. We are all human, we all (yes! even you and I know that's a shock to some people), but we all fall short of the glory of God, we get knocked down- but if you don't choose to stay down, if you choose to embrace the acts that make you needy of God's grace, well...I happen to think you can overcome! Anyway, that's not really what this is about.<br />
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Yesterday, I learned of a situation that saddened me so. And since I feel lead to share it and this is my blog, I'll just share it here. I'll warn you, it's sad and it's lenghthy and it may cause some anxiety if you are vulnerable to this kind of information right now.<br />
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I am a member of a mom's of twins group online because MS doesn't have a chapter of MOM's at all, anywhere. These ladies are all over the US and some in Cananda, but we all have twins that were born in the summer of 2011. Yesterday, a girl who has identical twins that suffered from Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) and is a member of a group of mom's who went through that as well, posted about a mother. Here's the story: She lives in IL and was 22 weeks pregnant. Her twins, Sophie and Sage, developed TTTS. I'm unsure if they actually had to have the surgery to correct his, but I will tell you that the surgery is very dangerous because they are actually going in with a laser and a needle and clamping off vessels that that baby's share so that each twin gets exactly what they need, no more or no less. But anyway, pre-term labor is a complication of TTTS. This mom went into labor and her doctors of course admitted her to the hospital and tried to stop the labor, but her water broke. This mother was told that because she was at 22 weeks and some days, not 24 weeks, that if the babies were born alive, they would not do anything to try and save the babies. <br />
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Now, let me stop right there and say some things. We know that 24 weeks is really what the medical community considers "viable". We know that if babies are born before 24 weeks, they are not going to make it because their system is not developed enough to sustain life on the outside of the womb. But I guess I've never known anyone to actually go into labor on the teeter-totter mark of 24 weeks.<br />
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This mom was between weeks 22 and 23. Less than 14 days from when the medical community would consider her babies to be "viable". Let that sink in.<br />
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After her water broke, Baby A, Shopie moved into the birth canal. Because the doctor's told her that they would not intervene to save her life, they chose to let Shopie stay in the birth canal as long as she could because they knew she wasn't going to make it, but she could act as sort of a cork like feature to keep Sage in longer. In the meantime, the mom finds out that the 24 week intervention rule is the policy of the hospital she was in, but not the policy at ALL hosptials in the area. Can you imagine the horror of knowing that your baby is about to be born mere days away from when she could receive help and the hospital you are in will do nothing to help her but one in the next big city over would..........I can't-I just can't imagine. <br />
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Juse a few short hours after her water broke, Sophie was born...and she was alive and breathing totally on her on. But because she was between 22 and 23 weeks and not 24 weeks, the parents were told to cherish each minute with her, that they would not transport her to the other hospital because she could not make the transport. Sophie lived 5 hours on her own. 5 whole hours!!! <br />
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Now, let me stop right there again. The rational part of me knows that the likely-hood of baby Sophie actaully making it, even with intervention was not in her favor. But I just can't imagine being in this situation and knowing the doctor's would do nothing to help and my baby having enough fight in her to make it alive 5 whole hours outside the womb at 23 weeks gestation. I can't imagine the what-if's I would suffer.<br />
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Now, all eyes are on Sage. The doctor's said that they would allow Sage to stay in as long as she could. They would not force her out and if she could get to 23 weeks, they would be able to give the mom steroid shots. I believe the 23 week mark would have been this Friday. Sadly, earlier today, an ultrasound was done to check on baby Sage passed away before she was born. <br />
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This whole story has really punched me the gut, so to speak. I cried and cried when I read about this yesterday morning and it's not like me at all to cry over things that I'm not attched to. But it made me think about how lucky we really are. How lucky I was to have no complications at all during my twin pregnancy, no scares, no issues to work through-nothing at all! Then I started thinking about the what-if's. It's not uncommon for women carrying twins to go into labor early. What if I had gone into labor at 23 weeks. I have no clue what my hospital's policy would have been. It just breaks my heart to think that nothing could be done, and the 5 hours that Baby Sophie did live didn't make one person at that hospital capable of doing something to actually do it. When did we start regarding human life as something we can meaure and put dates and numbers and research on? I'm basing my thoughts on the fact that the mom did wish to have intervention for her daughters, even if that meant to transport, but she didn't even know this was the policy until the last minute and she had to be in labor and get on the phone and contact other hospitals about their policy of taking the baby. I'm sure there are those out there who might chose to just let nature take it's course and I'm not saying that is right or wrong, either. I'm just saying this mom wanted her baby to have help and she couldn't get it becasue of the hospital she was in. I'm just saying that I'm glad I didn't need to know this information, but if I had of known, I would have asked questions. <br />
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And the purpose of sharing it is so if you need to know this information to ask what your hospital's policy is (if you want to know). <br />
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I think another reason this hit me so hard is because the babies haven't been sleeping good at all. I got 7 hours sleep TOTAL for 2 nights and had to function for work. Last night I got a little more because I finally figured out I think my little 14 pound stinker wants her head on a pillow to sleep. But I was so frustrated and tired and put out and then I read something this and I can't help but say "thank you Jesus for giving me my babies". So last night when I was up rocking fussy babies, I kissed their soft hands as they played with my face and thought about going back to sleep and I've never been more thankful for anything else in my life as I was right then to have never needed to know what kind of policy my hospital had. <br />
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With that, I'll leave you with the newest picture of my sweet tarts!!! <br />
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The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-5806594530139225222012-03-14T19:41:00.002-05:002012-03-14T19:41:50.539-05:007 MonthsI just cannot believe that Elissa and Ellie are 7 months old. They turned 7 months on Monday, March 12th. I haven't had time to post yet because Elissa has been really sick and Ellie had an appointment with the orthopedist to check out her feet/foot that turns out.<br />
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Elissa seems to just have the crud. Bailey had pnumonia last week and we thought that is what she had, but all her tests were negative and her white count was good, so that left us with a really high fever and wheezing. She is getting an antibiotic and breathing treatments with an oral steriod. I'm am worn slap out because she isn't sleeping good, partly due to the sickness, partly due to the treatment. I'm head straight to bed when I finish this. She appears to be on the uphill end of this, so we'll see. At the doctor Monday, she weighed almost 21 pounds, so not much change from their 6 month visit.<br />
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I took Ellie on Tuesday to Jackson to see the orthopedist. Her feet have turned out ever since birth and it has always bothered me. Finally the peditrician sent us to see someone, but told me all along that it would more than likely correct itself. I got some major anxiety walking into the doctor's office. I just did not want Ellie to have to wear special shoes or do anything that was going to slow her down. She is scooting all over the place and I didn't want to hinder that. As it turns out, there is nothing in the world wrong with her except she is a twin and had tight packaging. It will straighten itself out and we don't go back until Thanksgiving, when she should be good and walking. Ellie weighed 14.12 at the doctor's office on Tuesday. I couldn't believe little girl had broken the 14 pound mark. Seems like she stuck around 13 forever. <br />
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I was able to get the girls' closet and clothes straightened out today. I will have to say that the clothes issue with twins, espcially when you have two in different sizes, ranks up among one of the top 5 most difficult things to do. But today, it was super easy. I just had to go through and pick out sizes, then hang it all up. Whatever we were done with got put into the 50 gallon garbage bag for Ben and Kylie. I kept a few boutique things that I know I can resell for decent money, but the rest is going right to Cousin Baby Girl Whitehead. We sure hope she enjoys them, but I can't believe, again, that it's already come to the point of needing to clear out a chapter of clothes for the twinks!!!<br />
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And, because I'm about to fall asleep, it's Spring Break, the babies are sacked out (for now), Bailey is in her pj's, everybody is fed, and I'm about to fall asleep, I'm going to bed!!! Enjoy the 7 month pictures of my sweet girls. The last one of Elissa, alone....don't think she didn't fall right out of that rocking chair right after it was taken. OH! And the bruise on her forehead comes from us head butting in the middle of the night last night. Her lips and face are also chapped due to her fever and drooling and runny nose and having to wipe it so much!<br />
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It looks like she about to cry, but she is actually talking to me. The sweetest sound ever!<br />
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Everybody says Elissa looks just like my dad! When I got to this picture, it just about took my breath away. I see nothing but my dad here!<br />
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Hey mom! Watch me, I'm about to move the wrong way and fall right out of the chair and make you feel sooooo bad for wanting my picture!<br />
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And the best I could get of 2 crabby babies at the end of picture time. Love them sooo much and I everyday is just another day that I pinch myself to make sure I'm still a part of this miracle!<br />
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She came up with the idea of dressing like a princess (probably because some aunt we all know and love thought she needed a princess dress up trunk. I cannot tell you how many times a day we pick up dress up clothes. She LOVES them! I'm hoping Aunt Kylie has a little girl so I can return the favor!) I got tickled at her before we left, she decided to change princess atire and it was just so funny watching her little mind work. <br />
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I must still be a little hormonal because doing things with the kids still makes me cry. She was so big and so grown and so in to seeing these princesses that it just sort of caught me by surprise. I get embarassed when I get out in public and cry for no reason at all, but I guess it's just so much work, soooo much hard work, that when we have times like that, I'm reminded that this is what life is all about. I get up in the mornings and put one foot in front of the other for this very reason! <br />
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You can tell she so dressed herself. We got outside to go and she stopped on the driveway and said, "take my picture and send it to my dad!" haha! He was at work and bless his heart doesn't get pictures. Bet this was a day he wished he did.<br />
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Belle signing her book!<br />
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She told Belle her name and then posed for a picture. On the way home, she informed me she didn't see the beast or Chip. haha! I'm proud to say that Bailey has actually been the Beauty and the Beast play when it was in Birmingham. She has talked about Chip ever since.<br />
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Snow White signing her book. Not sure what happened to the Snow White picture, but we actually saw her twice. Somehow, it didn't make it here. <br />
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Our beloved Cinderella signing the book.<br />
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Princess Tiana signing the book. (not sure why my pictures are out of order)<br />
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Picture with Cinderella. Of all days, this was the day for me to forget how to operate the camera. I had my hand over the flash or something. <br />
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Aurora signing the book.<br />
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Picture with Princess Tiana.<br />
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Picture with Aurora.<br />
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And OH MY GOODNESS!!!! Look who showed up! If it wasn't Jesse, Buzz, and Woody. Bailey wasn't as fond of them up close as she was when we were in line or as she is of them at home. She did, however, allow Amy to get her up there for a picture. Jesse, Bailey, Amy, and Colin.<br />
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Minnie signing her book!<br />
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Mickey signing her book.<br />
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The whole crew with Mickey and Minnie. It made Colin feel better to make faces. <br />
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So, it seems there are several pictures that didn't make it here. The princesses all lined up together and I got a really good one of Bailey with them all, and I'm missing Daisey and Donald, too. I'll have to see where they are hiding themselves.<br />
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I was going to bring the twins, but it was so crowded in such a small space, there is no way that the stroller would have made it in the door. I'm glad we got to go and it was such a fun thing for a great cause. The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-84076252664248149552012-02-27T18:37:00.000-06:002012-02-27T18:37:04.545-06:00The DressesLots of people have asked about the dresses. When my sister, Maggie, was a baby, my mom would make her these fancy dresses. They were soooo very pretty. But she is saving those dresses for Maggie, of course. She has made a few for my niece, Erin, but as time has gone on, she just doesn't really have the time to devote to making one of these dresses. If you don't know her, my mom is one of those ladies that is sort of a "can do it all " ladies. It does not matter what it is my mom is doing, it always turns out prefect. She might wait until the last minute, or operate on her own agenda, but in the end, it is always well worth it. Anyway, Maggie will have dresses, and Erin has dresses, and Mom wanted Bailey to have a dress, too. So she found what she wanted and got a lady to make it. Since the twins were so little and didn't really need much this Christmas, Mom got them their dresses. So now all 3 of my girls have a dress alike, and although I don't get custody of the dresses now, I'm sure Mom has some bang of an idea of what we will do with them next. <br />
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I took a few pictures of the dresses just have on hand and thought I'd share.<br />
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The dress, from basically top to bottom. The one Mom made for Erin was reminds me alot of these dresses and Erin wore it in Maggie's wedding. So Mom could do this if she had the time!<br />
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Close up of the top! That satin ribbon tied in a big bow in the back.<br />
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Mom has a great big monogramming machine that I am uber jealous of. Ellie Jane Whitehead<br />
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Thanks Mom and Dad! We LOVE these dresses and know that all 3 of our girls will cherish them for a long time to come!</div>
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<br />The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-57879576421871722782012-02-26T19:34:00.002-06:002012-02-28T19:35:57.133-06:00The Lord Has Promised Good To MeAs many of you know, we took the twins to Alabama this weekend to have them Christened, along with my cousin's baby girl, Tanner. I think I cried just as much today as I did the day I heard the doctor say "it's time"! I just get so overwhelmed when I think about these babies. They are hard hard work, but they are such a blessing and it's just one of those things that you have to pinch yourself daily over. I know I say this over and over again, but it's really one of those things that you can't help but feel like you've received a miracle....on a daily basis. <br />
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As many of you also know, Sid and I were done having babies. Neither of us wanted any more and the news of not one, but two babies, was complete shock. The entire time I was pregnant, I would pray and say "these are your babies Lord. You put them here for a reason and they will surely bless us, but please help me to always let them know that they are yours and they are here for your purpose." With that being said, today was just perfect, a day to give them back to the Lord and say "they are your's, help us!"<br />
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Of course, it meant the world ten times over for my Papaw to Christen the babies. He Christened Bailey when she was 10 months old. We had to hurry and have the twins done before some baby we all know and love grows out of her dress. I need to post of picture of her from her day.<br />
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One of my favorite pictures from her her day was her sitting on the alter in her dress. Ellie did ok in the same pose, but not Elissa, and certainly not both of them. It's really no fun to take have to be the one to take pictures and be the mom on days like today. haha!! Obviously, I didn't take all these pictures, but you know what I mean!<br />
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I just looked through a few of them, as there are only 192 pictures. haha! Of course I couldn't wait to share what I looked at!!! I post more in the next few days!!! Thanks to everybody who traveled near and far and made this a blessed day for our family!<br />
<br />Ellie at the church. Elissa was still getting dressed. I have a picture of Bailey in the exact same spot in her dress. I'll try to post them together. Sadly, I didn't get any of Elissa at the alter. She didn't cooperate.<br />
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<br /> Bailey got in on the picture action while we were still waiting on Elissa to get dressed!<br />
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<br />And that's about as good as it gets when you are trying to take pictures of two 6 month olds who have on dresses that they think are toys by all the strings. Someone said Ellie looks knocked out here. Actually, she was busy trying to get her strings under control.<br />
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<br />Pappaw and Ellie<br />
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<br />Pappaw and Elissa<br />
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<br />Robyn, her husband Justin, Sid and I were each presented with a prayer shawl. The prayer shawl ministry at Lester Memorial knits shawls that they pray over and then give them away for someone to continue using them in the same fashion. We each got one and were instructed to pray with it as we weave our way through this world, trying to rear small children. It's supposed to be a comfort type thing and just a visual reminder of the task at hand. While we were getting our shawls, Mom, Brother Barry, and Aunt Marianne stood so the congregation could see the babies. <br />
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I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked to taken. But I did get a few good ones. Me, Sid, Elissa, and Ellie<br />
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<br />And a generational picture. Pappaw, Dad, Me, my girls, and Sid. I guess technically Sid isn't in the generation. I don't really know how that works. <br />
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<br />Sid and Ellie. Those eyes, my goodness, I just don't know where they come from or how they got that blue. But she sure is a pretty thing.<br />
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<br />The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-37961482809229639702012-02-19T14:28:00.001-06:002012-02-19T14:28:21.542-06:00Baby Items For SaleI have a house full of things that we are growing out of now that the twins are getting older. I tried to post on Neshoba County Buy, Sell, Trade but the pictures wouldn't upload. I don't want to sell on Craigslist if I don't have to for location reasons. I will be in Alabama next weekend if anyone there is interested. These are just the first few things to go. If you have something you are looking for, ask me, chances are I have it and need to get rid of it. <br />
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The fist is a Bright Stars automatic bouncer. It is in excellent condition. No rips, stains, tears, smoke and pet free home. This is a must have for newborns. At 6 months old, my girls don't really like it anymore. It bounces to the beat of a few different vibrations and has music if wanted, but you don't have to play the music. The baby is able to bounce themselves if it's not turned on. $25<br />
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This is a Baby Trend Snap n Go. This is hands down the best thing I ever bought and wish I had known about them with Bailey instead of buying a big stroller at first. This thing weighs about 12 lbs and folds up very nice and neat. I am able to get this in and out alone, which is almost impossible with a big stroller. The baby carrier snaps right on to the base of this thing just like it does the base in the car. So, when ever you get where you are going, you just lift the baby right out of the car in the carrier, and place the carrier onto the frame of this stroller. Very simple and I can't stress how easy to use. We even used it with only one baby when we had only one out. Right now, the bars are adjusted for two Graco seats, but it can be adjusted for any baby carrier. The ease of this thing is it's weight and how easily it turns. The downside is you can't use it anymore after the baby outgrows the baby carrier. $50<br />
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And last on this post is the Graco Travel System in style Windham. This comes with the car seat, the base, and the stroller. The car seat fits onto the stroller. The stroller has been used maybe 10 times. The car seat has been used but still in great condition. No rips, stains, tears, smoke and pet free home. The car seat has been well taken care of, not expired, and never in an accident. The stroller has barely been used. Also, not pictured, is another Graco car seat that is expired, but comes with an extra base. So you get the stroller, 2 bases, and 2 car seats, one of the car seats expired. All for $70.<br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">I cannot believe that I have two six month old babies living in my house! How in the world did that happen and where is the time going! It seems like just yesterday we were loading up the sister ride to head home from Jackson with them and now all of the sudden we have two babies, not infants, but babies. I really can't describe the feeling of "I blinked" and look what happened. haha! </span>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">So Aunt Amy brought the girls some new bows. I have been forbidden to spend one cent of their daddy's money on this type of thing, so Amy comes to rescue and gets them for us. haha! I think these are sooo cute, but poor Ellie's small head is just not made for a gigantic bow like this. Sid and I laughed and laughed at her while I was taking these pictures! </span></div>
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At 6 months old, Elissa weighs 19.2 pounds (per her cardio appointment about 2 weeks ago) and Ellie weighs 13.4 (per her doctor's appointment last week when she went because of fever). Speaking of that doctor's appointment, this was the first appointment for either girl due to random acute illness. We still are too sure what Ellie had, but after a bunch of tests that showed a high white count, she got a shot and some medicine to take at home. She seems to be better as far as the fever goes, but Friday night I noticed her belly button looking funny. I had to doctor is a bit and it looked way better on Saturday, but we will for sure mention this when we go for their 6 month appointment this week!<br />
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I had a friend tell me this didn't even look like Elissa with that bow on her head. I'm guessing it was the fact that all her dark dark hair was hidden! Yes, you read correctly when I said that Elissa was weighing 19.2 pounds. She is just a big baby because she doesn't over eat or really eat more than Ellie. She eats 4 to 5 seven oz. bottles a day (all have cereal in them) and she eats two solid meals a day, usually a fruit with milk and oatmeal in the morning and 2 veggies at night. We will add in a 3rd meal probably sometime this month. Elissa has done very good eating solids and hasn't gagged like she was doing when we first started.<br />
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Elissa is the sweetest baby I have ever seen. I know that isn't very nice of me to say when I have two more babies, but really and truly, the other two are so high needs and Elissa is just as laid back as she can be. She will love all over you and talk and talk, but rarely cries or fusses. When she does, we know something is up. When we took her to the doctors last week, I bet 20 people stopped us to tell us how pretty of a baby she was because she was just smiling at everybody and talking and SO good! <br />
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At a day shy of 6 months, yesterday, Elissa's first tooth broke the skin. I think there are about 3 more to come very soon! She did really good with it, too! Wasn't fussy, didn't run fever, nothing. Well, unless you count her runny nose, which some say might have something to do with it and some say it doesn't!<br />
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Elissa sleeps in her bed now, instead of the nap nanny, but does sleep on this medical type pillow that still props her up. Even though we have been released from the ENT and her airway is perfectly fine, she is just used to sleeping on an incline. She also sleeps under a blanket and with a small blanket pulled up close to her face. She has always wanted her face buried when she sleeps. She takes a paci when she goes to sleep but spits it out and doesn't really cry for it at night after she falls asleep. If she ever does wake up at night, we can put her paci back in and wrap her back up in her blanket and she goes right back to sleep. Elissa generally goes to sleep about 6 and sleeps 12 straight hours! AH! Such a good baby!!<br />
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Oh, sweet Ellie! Ellie is eating 4 to 5 six oz bottles during the day and eating the same solid amount as Elissa. They both still want to eat about every 3 hours during the day. Ellie has spells where she doesn't want to go to bed and will just cry and cry. She has spells where she will go to bed just fine and then wake up an hour later and just cry and cry. Currently, she is in a new spell of going to bed and sleeping fine until about 4, when she wakes up acting like she hasn't eaten in six days! I usually get up, feed her, and within an hour have am back in the bed. During that time, we usually are both asleep in the rocking chair, so neither of us are up an hour. Ellie still sleeps in her bed, on her stomach, with her head buried and under a blanket. She tends to wake up wanting her paci more than Ellie! On nights when she goes to bed and stays in bed, she will sleep 12 hours, too! (ignore the nasty on her shirt, spit up!)<br />
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I can't get over how blue her eyes are. Both of them have blue eyes, but Ellie's just glow! No teeth for Ellie yet either, but she loves to chew on anything she can get her hands on and to her mouth!<br />
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Both girls can roll from their backs to their stomachs and Ellie can roll from her stomach to her back in the bed, but I think she uses her pillows or blankets as leverage to get over. Both girls act like they are ready to just crawl off and would rather be sitting and playing than in the swing now. We are working on sitting up and Elissa does better at than Ellie, but they will both get there.<br />
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And off with the bows!!! Ellie and that look!!<br />
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Elissa's new trick is to suck on her bottom lip. That may be why she doesn't need her paci at night!<br />
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Sid was waving his hat or something trying to get their attention. This was right after bath and just before bedtime! They both look so tired in this picture to me!<br />
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Sometimes it is so hard to not get upset being stuck in the house all the time. We can't really go anywhere at night because the babies eat and go to bed so early. Twice this past month, we have thrown caution to the wind and stayed out past bedtime. Both times, the babies did so good coming home and going to bed despite the fact that they were off schedule. I'm hoping we are coming to a crossroads between having two infants and having two babies that will allow us a little more flexibility. It's so hard not to worry about the schedule when there are two babies to think about. <br />
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I put this picture in here to compare their profiles. They don't even have the same hair line. It is unreal to me how truly different they are. Last night, we were in Jackson and ate at Applebee's. The woman at the table next to me asked if they were both mine. I said yes, and was nice about it, but inside I was thinking "really lady???" I mean, why would I want to have to take two 6 months old and my 3 year old out to supper. And they were dressed the same, too, so if they both weren't mine they probably wouldn't be dressed alike either, I wouldn't think! Then of course came the next age-old question of "are they twins." I know they don't look alike, but they really don't look 9 or 10 months apart either. So, some common sense every now and then would be great. And six months later, I still cannot stand the whole "I know how hard it is, mine are 12 or 15 or how ever many months apart." I am sure that is a different kind of hard, but unless you have two babies the exact same age with the exact same wants and needs, or sometimes different wants and needs, then no you don't. It's hard to be nice when you get that line, especially in the still slightly sleep deprived state.<br />
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At 6 months old, I still long for a night of not having to have the monitor by my head, of not being woke up before the sun, and of being able to have maybe 2 hours to do what I want to do. My hair is the pits, so much so that I'm sort of embarrassed by it, but I just do not have the time to get it done. And when I do, it's never at a time that I have help with the babies. I have a ton of help when it comes to Bailey and I'd have to recognize the fact that I need that help and it's ok, but sometimes I am just in tears for some time to get things done that I need to get done. I have several hundred dollars of pictures that need to be put into frames, I have clothes I need to get out of my closet and their closet. Bailey being gone allows me to focus on the twins and not be so overwhelmed, but I still have two more babies here that don't really allow that kind of stuff to go on. I get upset because I want just one good nights sleep or just one Saturday to get things done or just maybe one Sunday afternoon to catch a movie Sid. And then I see this sweet face and I am sooo thankful that I have these babies. That my pregnancy was event-free and that their 7 week early entrance into this world didn't bring a slew of problems. That I have not one, not two, but three healthy happy children. And it makes up for the fact that I get no sleep or even when I do get sleep, my days are non-stop. That I work full time and have a full time household to run. Not everybody gets to have their dreams come true like me and for that I am grateful. <br />
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It might have taken 6 long months to get there, but I am grateful for these beautiful babies!<br />
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At the end of the month, we are having Ellie and Elissa, along with my cousin's baby, Tanner, christened by my grandfather in Oneonta. I cannot wait and think this will be such a special experience for all us, but especially for my pappaw. I put in a special request to have Amazing Grace put into the service somehow. Every night, the babies go to sleep to me singing this song to them. Bailey's song was Jesus Loves Me and then turned into He's Got the Whole World in His Hands and is now "the manager baby" which is Silent Night. I wish all the time that my grandmother were still alive so she could see me with these babies, and give me advice! <br />
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I think that just about sums up what is going on at 6 months for these two. They new nickname from Big Sister is "my baby deers". She is too funny and how she comes up with this stuff is anybody's guess, but it is so funny to hear her refer to one of them has "baby deer"! haha!<br />
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Happy Six Months my sweet girls! We love you both so very much! It is truly nothing but AMAZING GRACE when I look at the two of you!!!! Here's to a month of growing even more. I bet by the time I am writing about 7 months I have some crawlers, some sitters, and lots more teeth!!!!!<br />
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(PS- If you missed the pictures from last week, go to the last blog post to see them. They are sooo cute of all three girls!)The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-56488338342772497052012-02-06T10:29:00.000-06:002012-02-06T10:29:00.521-06:00My Little Valentine'sOh how full my heart is!!! Wouldn't your's be if you had these little darlings living at your house!!!!<br />
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So, Bailey was way more worried about the dog than she was looking at my camera!! Oh well!!The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-8267039438395262122012-02-02T20:00:00.001-06:002012-02-02T20:00:22.051-06:00Little SmilesSo, back before Christmas we had our pictures professionally done. That's all my dad wanted for Christmas was pictures. We loved his idea so much that just about everyone got pictures for Christmas. I wanted to share them here! <br />
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Bailey, sweet girl! These took place like the week I went back to work. She desperately needed a hair cut and I apparently didn't even realize it! Such a big girl! She has since given her paci away and could probably get away with no pull up at night now. She is such a little mama to these babies and as much as she loves them, I so glad she now has siblings. <br />
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Sweet Elissa! She was still have major breathing problems when these were taken. I can't believe that her problems are just all gone, just like that. Well, really I can, but you know what I mean!<br />
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And Little Ellie! Nosey Ellie who is going to stare a whole in you before she does anything else. She just would not smile - only give the stare down look, but that's ok because so that look is so her!<br />
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We also had a family picture taken, but I don't have it to share. These were shared on facebook and I snagged them! <br />
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So, we had a bad bad night here last night. The girls have pretty much been sleeping through the night. There might be one or two times a night we would have to do something like put a paci back in. The past few nights, it's been a hot trail from my pillow to Ellie's bed, where she has rolled herself over and gotten mad and wanted to be turned back over. And last night, they both just really showed out. Elissa was awake from about 9:30-11 or so, and the only thing I could figure out was that she hadn't taken a nap in her bed and thought maybe that bed time was really only nap time. She never got out of the bed, but she tried her hardest at it before finally falling back asleep. <br />
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****Don't forget, if you missed yesterday's day 1 year recap, read yesterday's blog post too!****<br />
<br />The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-6097867850040192582012-02-01T19:29:00.000-06:002012-02-01T19:29:11.862-06:00A Whole Year LaterWell, my friends, it has been one year to the date that our lives were forever changed for the first time last year. Here's part of what I blogged about:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Yes, it has been 1 year since we found out that we were expecting Baby A and Baby B! Many, many, MANY emotions later, I cannot believe that we sit here with not one, not two, but THREE beautiful daughters to call our very own.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> This past year has not been gone on without experiencing just about every feeling under the sun, good and bad, but we have also learned that we are extremely blessed. Being a parent is hard, being a parent to more than one child is not for the weak at heart, being a MOM (or DOM) (Mom of Multiples) is something that I want even waste my time trying to describe by words. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> I for one have learned a lot about myself, have learned a lot about being a mother, have learned a lot about my husband and about being a wife, about who my true friends are and who will be there when the going gets tough and who is only there for the novelty of twins.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"> I won't lie, bringing these twins home was something that I thought was eventually going to get the best of me. There was a point in time, probably one night, deep in the wee hours of the morning, when I had been up for what seemed like all night with no rest in sight, that I honestly thought I would never be the same again (for the better). But having two babies in the house, on top of our silly Bailey, started to make sense. We started to fall into a routine and somewhere, somehow, rest happened. And I realized that we were going to make it. We would be normal again and life was going on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">During the pregnancy, I tried to imagine what life was going to be like. And we'd do things and I'd think about how doing whatever it was that we were doing wouldn't happen that way again, with two babies. I'd think about me and Bailey and our time and how would we carry on. Although it has been in a different way, we have carried on. And I can't believe that a year's time has past since we've seen and heard those two tiny heart beats. That those heart beats turned into two beautiful baby girls, Elissa Marie and Ellie Jane. And that Elissa and Ellie have made us into people we never dreamed we could be. I hope to tell you this time next year that we are back to normal, but I've learned that normal doesn't really exist and so we won't strive to get there! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Then we saw Dr. Carron, the ENT. Elissa has officially been released from his care -no more breathing problems for her. She did a total turn around somewhere around Christmas and so we don't have to see him anymore unless something flares up. I can't tell ya'll how excited I was with this n</span></span></div>
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Up until today, it was not out of the box yet. Sid decided today would be the day. Fortunately, for this Mama's heart, Bailey was more afraid of Champ, the dog, than she was interested in the gun and so she couldn't really pay close attention to what was going on. I think her Daddy has a better time shooting it than she did. Cousin Mason also got a BB gun for Christmas, so he was shooting at birds and the door of Champs pen today, too. <br />
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In other news, if you know Bailey at all, you know that she has a deep love affair with her paci. Such that we have not been able to even discuss giving it up without major anxiety. Well, today, she decided it was time and she threw her paci away. Then she and her Daddy took the bag of garbage out for the garbage man. She has asked one time for it and after I reminded her where it was, she was ok with it. However, we are coming up on bedtime, having had no nap today. We'll see, but I'm not holding my breathe. I'll just say that it will be a complete miracle if we don't have a breakdown. Of course, the paci isn't really in the garbage, but let's hope we don't need to go there!!!</div>
<br />The 'Ssippi Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404096804339502668noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5792464669834667395.post-58143121099905487152012-01-08T20:42:00.000-06:002012-01-08T20:42:29.334-06:00Whoooo's That?? 5 Months OldI can not believe that this week, I will have 5 month old twins. Ya'll, this 5 months has flown by and this weekend I found myself realizing that we don't have newborns anymore. We have babies. Babies that are growing at the speed of light. They are almost a half a year old and if time goes by as fast the second half, then in the blink of an eye, we will be celebrating the first birthday of these twin sisters. For the record, it still feels very weird and odd to say I have twins. That is something I guess we will never get used to.<br />
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I made a book for 2011 last week and I put the monthly pictures of the twins in it. They don't even look like the same babies. Elissa has changed completely. There is not one thing about her that resembles her first month of life. Maybe it's because she has filled out so much. I don't know but it's fun to look back and see.<br />
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Anyway, a few months ago, I had Gram from Look What Gram Made on Facebook to make the girls these owl hats. The babies never go anywhere to get to where them but they should fit next winter, too. Today, we were home alone for a few minutes and the babies were napping in nothing but their diapers. So when they woke up, we had some fun. I don't have time tonight to play around and fix the lighting in all that I took, so here's a sneak peak. <br />
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Maybe later this week I'll have time to go back and do their pictures from birth to 5 months. If not, just know that they are doing fantastic. They have started back sleeping mostly through the night. Not as soundly as they were, but not up all during the night either. So, we'll take it. Today marked the 8th straight day of getting baby food at supper time. They have had green beans, sweet potatoes, and apple sauce. They seem to like it all so far. Oh and let's not forget the massive amounts of cereal they have had since 1 month old. We were a little late in starting solids by spoon since I felt like they were already getting some type of solid. It hasn't done too much to the routine. They get a bath afterwards since it's so messy so the night time routine is hectic, but we are making it. Ellie has started going on to bed without the screaming and that's nice. Both babies are drooling and eating their hands something crazy. I feel like they may have some itchy gums, but so far, no sign of teeth trying to erupt. They are loving sitting up in their bumbo chairs and playing with toys. Ellie has flipped over some in the crib from her tummy to her back and both girls are doing great holding their heads up and pushing up on their arms while in their tummy. Big Sister Bailey is still coming to terms with these two little life's that have invaded her world. She has her moments and loves these babies something crazy, but at the same time, she hates it just as bad as we do that she's been booting to the bottom of the food chain, but it was a boot that had to happen in order to take care of two new babes. We are all really struggling, as a matter of fact, with this season of life. The babies go to bed so early that we are basically stuck in this house before the sun goes down and can't even run out for a quick meal out anymore. It's really frustrating to have our lives totally on hold, but it is what it is an frankly, I don't want to rush this time. When it gets easier again, it means we don't have babies anymore and i don't want to rush their babyhood. But simple things like church and trips to wal mart and out to eat will be easy again. And oh, how we long for that day!<br />
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Love how Gram put their names on the back!<br />
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Ellie was over it!<br />
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I love this! Elissa is looking at Ellie like, "Hey, what you think this is she has on our head???"<br />
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